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Has a guinea worm (dracunculiasis) ever infiltrated a person's brain? if so, what kind of damage can it cause?
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Often fatal: Cerebral infiltration by this organism is often fatal in a relatively short amount of time. Brain infection is unusual but can happen. Dracunculus medinensis doesn't have a universally recognized treatment that destroys it so prevention is the best form of defense. This parasitic infection may be the next human infirmity to be eradicated from the planet in the company of smallpox.
Answered 6/12/2014
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